4 year old battered by brick


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There's a few different factors at work and it's fair to say at least that society seems to have degraded and more violence and crime seems to happen, in hotspots at least, than say 50 years ago. At the same time the nature of news reporting - more celebrity guff, fewer local news agencies, smaller staffs at papers - means a lot of things don't make the news.

Counter to that though is that 50 years ago you had fewer papers, no rolling news and no web so it took something big to be reported nationally, whereas now some stories like the fat kid body slamming the bully starts in Australia and goes global in hours. You also had little or no official mechanisms to report abuse of children and little or no ability to scrutinise police and social services, so almost nothing got reported.

It's hard to draw too many conclusions because the way the media reports things can distort perception of crime and the government tries to frig the figures to make themselves look good anyway.
If by that long winded response you're basically saying that it may have been as bad 50 years ago,but we just didn't know it was then you're wrong.
Things are happening now which certainly weren't prevalent when I was a kid in the sixties.
 
If by that long winded response you're basically saying that it may have been as bad 50 years ago,but we just didn't know it was then you're wrong.
Things are happening now which certainly weren't prevalent when I was a kid in the sixties.

Aye like a couple who kidnapped, abused and killed children..... oh wait.
 
Battered.... I think not!

From the BBC news website...


I doubt the kid who threw the brick intended to hit the girl.

The state of the bairns face makes it look like a canny good going over, poor little sod.

He obviulsy intended on dishing out some damage or injuries by throwing a brick did he not, regardless of who intended to hit, the initial intention was there!
 
The state of the bairns face makes it look like a canny good going over, poor little sod.

He obviulsy intended on dishing out some damage or injuries by throwing a brick did he not, regardless of who intended to hit, the initial intention was there!


She was hit once by a flying brick, not battered.

The brick was thrown at a moving vehicle, he probably only intended to hit it and not an occupant.
 
vinegar hill said:
If by that long winded response you're basically saying that it may have been as bad 50 years ago,but we just didn't know it was then you're wrong.
Things are happening now which certainly weren't prevalent when I was a kid in the sixties.

Well I wasn't but there you go.
 
vinegar hill said:
If by that long winded response you're basically saying that it may have been as bad 50 years ago,but we just didn't know it was then you're wrong.
Things are happening now which certainly weren't prevalent when I was a kid in the sixties.

Well I wasn't but there you go.

Cockney Mackem said:
Well I wasn't but there you go.

We appear to have the same f***ing Comms links as 50 years ago though :evil:
 
She was hit once by a flying brick, not battered.

The brick was thrown at a moving vehicle, he probably only intended to hit it and not an occupant.

Hit once, by a flying brick, well that makes it okay then!

Throwing a brick at a moving vehicle is pretty f***ing serious in my book, and should be treat at attempted manslaughter.
 
The state of the bairns face makes it look like a canny good going over, poor little sod.

He obviulsy intended on dishing out some damage or injuries by throwing a brick did he not, regardless of who intended to hit, the initial intention was there!

Now young lads throwing stones is a new thing? Do me a favour!

Silly boy, sad story but hardly the Fall of Man.
 
Hit once, by a flying brick, well that makes it okay then!

Throwing a brick at a moving vehicle is pretty f***ing serious in my book, and should be treat at attempted manslaughter.

Oh for fucks sake.

I'd suspect you would think differently if it had been thrown at you and injured one of your family.

More than likely. Thank god for objective standards of justice.
 
Hit once, by a flying brick, well that makes it okay then!

Throwing a brick at a moving vehicle is pretty f***ing serious in my book, and should be treat at attempted manslaughter.

Did I say that? No! All I said was that she wasn't battered.

bat·ter 1. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows.
2. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse.

It's certainly not attempted manslaughter, you're way over the top there.
 
If by that long winded response you're basically saying that it may have been as bad 50 years ago,but we just didn't know it was then you're wrong.
Things are happening now which certainly weren't prevalent when I was a kid in the sixties.

unless you had access to the same media as today mate , by media i mean the internet, rolling 24 hour television news channels as well as newspapers, you just cannot say that it wasn't as prevalent as when you were a kid in the sixties there.
 
Throwing a brick at a moving vehicle is pretty f***ing serious in my book, and should be treat at attempted manslaughter.

The vehicle was hardly moving, he was 'trying to drive it away'. He wasn't dropping bricks of a motorway bridge. Very bad luck all round, probably more for the lad who threw the brick, assuming he'll be caught, though I have no sympathy for him.
 
Did I say that? No! All I said was that she wasn't battered.

It's certainly not attempted manslaughter, you're way over the top there.

Aye right'o, she wasnt battered, but a 4 year old has had a brick thrown in her face! A 4 year old!!!! I couldnt give a fuck if he meant to hit her or not, the little scrote should stand by his actions. If i wanted to do some serious damage to someone, maybes i'd hoy a rock or a heavy object, if i wanted to give them a little warning, then i certainly wouldnt throw somthing that was going to cause so much damage.

Maybe a lot of you think this is acceptable, it sounds that way? Just about sums up how little respect for each other a lot of people have.

Maybe's i've grown up now, being 34, and having two bairns, and have a different opinion because of that, i dont know. But i do know one thing, throughout my life i wouldnt have dared have thrown a brick at a moving car.
 
unless you had access to the same media as today mate , by media i mean the internet, rolling 24 hour television news channels as well as newspapers, you just cannot say that it wasn't as prevalent as when you were a kid in the sixties there.


Plus the reactionary hyperbole of the umpteen rag redtops trying to outdo each other.

Attempted manslaughter isn't a recognised legal term anyway, of course, amongst other things.

I meant to not mean to kill him, m'lud.
 
The vehicle was hardly moving, he was 'trying to drive it away'. He wasn't dropping bricks of a motorway bridge. Very bad luck all round, probably more for the lad who threw the brick, assuming he'll be caught, though I have no sympathy for him.

The trouble here is that people don’t seem to think about what the consequences their actions may have, personally i know throwing a brick at someone, is going to cause damage, and its that reason why i wouldn’t.
 
Aye right'o, she wasnt battered, but a 4 year old has had a brick thrown in her face! A 4 year old!!!! I couldnt give a fuck if he meant to hit her or not, the little scrote should stand by his actions. If i wanted to do some serious damage to someone, maybes i'd hoy a rock or a heavy object, if i wanted to give them a little warning, then i certainly wouldnt throw somthing that was going to cause so much damage.

Maybe a lot of you think this is acceptable, it sounds that way? Just about sums up how little respect for each other a lot of people have.

Maybe's i've grown up now, being 34, and having two bairns, and have a different opinion because of that, i dont know. But i do know one thing, throughout my life i wouldnt have dared have thrown a brick at a moving car.

You are confusing "a young lad throwing stones does not signal the arrival of the antichrist" with "it is acceptable for young lads to throw stones at moving vehicles".

Take a deep breath. Read it again. Look, we're not all doomed after all.
 
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